Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

Description

Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

Critical Acclaim

98-100 Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

“The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is not in bottle, but it looks like another three-digit wine in the making. It tips the scales at a lofty 15.3% natural alcohol, but tasters will never feel any heat tasting it. This is a beauty, with crme de cassis notes intermixed with spring flowers, a touch of toasty oak, blackberries, blueberries and cassis, as well as licorice, vanillin and a full-bodied mouthfeel. At this stage, it is more voluptuous and opulent than the 2010, simply because thats the hallmark style of the 2012. No doubt this is a 30- to 50-year wine if you want to cellar it properly and nibble on it over a long period of time, but it will be much more approachable in its youth than most Hillside Selects tend to be. This is, once again, a fabulous effort.
Barrel Sample: 98-100 Points”